The senior fullback returns to Alabama where he spent his first two seasons before transferring and becoming a starter for Mississippi State.

"This game is unbelievably special," Hanrahan said. "All week I've just had a good feeling about everything. Going back to play my senior year at Bryant-Denny where it all started is really exciting."

Hanrahan redshirted his true freshman season in 2006 and did not see the field in 2007 during his time with the Crimson Tide, where his father Gary lettered in 1973 before going on to the NFL with the Washington Redskins.